owenkrout Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Contestent Wang Chunxia, come on down!!! We won the lottery! The letter was indeed the EMS from GZ. A good thing it was sent EMS as our niece had sent us a Christmas/New Years card from Xiamen on December 29th by regular mail and it just arrived today. Something that I noticed. They had assigned her another case number that was different from the GUZ number. Possibly that is why some of the information line people are not seeing the clearances. They input the GUZ number but the case is under another case number. The actual visa number is listed also, so it looks to me like they are printing the visas out prior to sending the letters. Therefore the drop off the passport and come back routine is so they can find the actual visa in the files and attach it. Link to comment
Guest R2D2 Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 We have been waiting here all night for you. Damn, you kept me up all night!!!!!! Congratulations. Very happy for you. I will sing a song!!!!!! Link to comment
Mick Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Owen: What can I say my man but WAAAAAHHOOOOOOO! Keep us posted as to travel plans plus what happens when she gets to GZ. Now go out and celebrate. If anyone deserves it, you do. Link to comment
JoeLiyan Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Hey Owen! Wonderful, fantastic - God bless you and your sweetie for all the extreme waiting, and work YOU'VE done to inspire and keep us on track! Well, your time to shine is here and enjoy the trip BACK (LOL...for good reasons now) to GUZ and your planning the trip "home" guy. (Hmm, home is where the heart is, but of course you get my meaning here ) Link to comment
Joseph-1 Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Good Deal. I had heard that we were being given different numbers a while back. I didnt know if it was true. Aparently it is.Congrats Great Warrior Link to comment
Jatuke Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Congratulations Owen! Keep us updated. Link to comment
happle Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Contestent Wang Chunxia, come on down!!! We won the lottery! The letter was indeed the EMS from GZ. A good thing it was sent EMS as our niece had sent us a Christmas/New Years card from Xiamen on December 29th by regular mail and it just arrived today. Something that I noticed. They had assigned her another case number that was different from the GUZ number. Possibly that is why some of the information line people are not seeing the clearances. They input the GUZ number but the case is under another case number. The actual visa number is listed also, so it looks to me like they are printing the visas out prior to sending the letters. Therefore the drop off the passport and come back routine is so they can find the actual visa in the files and attach it.Congras Owen!I have been waiting for your news too. When I checked my computer just now, sure there it was!I wished it had happened a little sonner so that your lady did not have to travel all the way to GZ again. Anyway, it is a great news!Do you plan to move back to the US before your semester is over?I hope your "different case number" assumption is true. We were told by CA that our clearance was sent to GZ at 2/4 but by last Friday, DoS info line still said "still pending". Your luck encouraged me!Happle Link to comment
chinadave2001 Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Congrats! I hope this is just the beginning of many in the coming days. dave Link to comment
owenkrout Posted February 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 I will stay here through the semester. In fact, I am looking at jobs now to decide on where I will be next year. We like Shenyang, cold weather and all, and would like to stay here. I have several colleges interested, it is just a matter of who I get the better offer from. The wife's family in Xiamen would like me to move down there and buy a "building" with them. I think that they mean apartments next to each other, but the family back before the Cultural Revolution had a large compound style home and were wealthy. They may literally be looking at doing that style of life again. At any rate, I would like to keep working in China and visit the US if possible. Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 snip/// At any rate, I would like to keep working in China and visit the US if possible.seee? we told you so ! Congrats.. Don't you have to "enter" and "move" to the U.S though for the wife visa to remain valid? I'm confused. Link to comment
Guest enight Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 great! Owen & Chunxia ! it's a great news to hear from you! Congratulations! Alan & Kate Link to comment
Nicole Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Congratulations Owen! Link to comment
Robert S. Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 I am so happy for you and this news was a very nice way to start the day. Hopefully my wife in Dalian will receive hers soon. That was so sweet that she was singing and dancing when she heard about the letter, and I bet you danced a little jig as well when you saw it. Link to comment
Guest David Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 When Eric heard about clearance, I knew my wife's time was soon... Now that Owen's wife has the letter, I'm guessing my wife's letter is here too. Better call her tonite.... Link to comment
tonado Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 snip/// At any rate, I would like to keep working in China and visit the US if possible.seee? we told you so ! Congrats.. Don't you have to "enter" and "move" to the U.S though for the wife visa to remain valid? I'm confused.Owen, Congrats. I think the visa will expire in 6 months. And your wife must go to US first, then come back to China if you like (waiting the AOS interview). I am confused too. You were so bitter about the visa delays. Now your wife got it, then you want to remain in China. If you want to stay in China, so it didn't matter when your wife gets the visa. I bet you want to be with your daughter and decided to stay. Or just have second thought about moving to US. Anyway, good luck. Link to comment
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